Guwahati Police Commissionerate

Guwahati Police Commissionerate
Motto	Maintain order, prevent and detect crime by enforcing law firmly and impartially, without fear or favor, prejudice or vindictiveness
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2015; 6 years ago (2015-01-01)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Guwahati, Assam, Kamrup Metropolitan District, [[India]]
Guwahati Location of Guwahati in Assam
Legal jurisdiction	Kamrup Metropolitan District
Governing body	Government of Assam
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Guwahati, Panbazar, 781001
Agency executive	Harmeet Singh,IPS, Commissioner of Police,Guwahati City
Parent agency	Assam Police
Website
Police Commissionerate, Guwahati[1]

The Guwahati Police Commissionerate is the law enforcement agency for the city of Guwahati, Assam. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police.

2015[]

The Commissionerate of Police in Guwahati was formed on 1 January 2015.^[1] It has not possessed a very long history and the system is still in its nascent stage.^{[citation needed]}

Re-organization[]

Due to the rapid increase in population, there has been a steady increase in crime. In view of the above the following structure has been instituted:

• The disciplinary and administrative control of the force is being held by the Commissioner of Police, having powers and functions of Additional District Magistrate.
• The city has been divided into 3 police districts namely the West Police District, the East Police District and the Central Police District, headed by the Superintendent of Police ranked officers, known as the Deputy Commissioners of Police.
• The West Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP (Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police) and ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) Azara, Guwahati and ACP Jalukbari
• The East Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP and ACP Basistha, ACP Sonapur, Assam and ACP Dispur
• The Central Police District comprises one DCP, one ADCP and ACP Pan Bazaar, ACP Chandmari and ACP Noonmati
• The All Women police station is being headed by ACP Women Unit
• Each police station is under the care of Inspector of Police who is the Station House Officer (S.H.O), and performs all the duties and exercises all the powers of the S.H.O, except that of Pragjyotishpur, Guwahati PS and Sonapur, Assam Police Stations where Sub-Inspector ranked officers are Officers-in-Charge
• The Crime Branch is being headed by one DCP known as DCP crime and one ADCP (Crime) and ACP Crime and ACP Cybercrime
• The Traffic Branch is being headed by one DCP known as DCP Traffic, and two ADCP's and three ACP's^[2]

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List of Police Commissioners[]

7. Harmeet Singh

References[]